A Philosophy of the Art School

A Philosophy of the Art School
Author: Michael Newall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0429869975

*Winner of the American Society for Aesthetics 2019 Outstanding Monograph Prize* Until now, research on art schools has been largely occupied with the facts of particular schools and teachers. This book presents a philosophical account of the underlying practices and ideas that have come to shape contemporary art school teaching in the UK, US and Europe. It analyses two models that, hidden beneath the diversity of contemporary artist training, have come to dominate art schools. The first of these is essentially an old approach: a training guided by the artistic values of a single artist-teacher. The second dates from the 1960s, and is based around the group crit, in which diverse voices contribute to an artist’s development. Understanding the underlying principles and possibilities of these two models, which sit together in an uneasy tension, gives new insights into the character of contemporary art school teaching, demonstrating how art schools shape art and artists, how they can be a potent engine of creativity in contemporary culture and how they contribute to artistic research. A Philosophy of the Art School draws on first-hand accounts of art school teaching, and is deeply informed by disciplines ranging from art history and art theory, to the philosophy of art, education and creativity.

Cybernetic-Existentialism

Cybernetic-Existentialism
Author: Steve Dixon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2019-11-14
Genre: Art
ISBN: 042963238X

Cybernetic-Existentialism: Freedom, Systems, and Being-for-Others in Contemporary Arts and Performance offers a unique discourse and an original aesthetic theory. It argues that fusing perspectives from the philosophy of Existentialism with insights from the ‘universal science’ of cybernetics provides a new analytical lens and deconstructive methodology to critique art. In this study, Steve Dixon examines how a range of artists’ works reveal the ideas of Existentialist philosophers including Kierkegaard, Camus, de Beauvoir, and Sartre on freedom, being and nothingness, eternal recurrence, the absurd, and being-for-others. Simultaneously, these artworks are shown to engage in complex explorations of concepts proposed by cyberneticians including Wiener, Shannon, and Bateson on information theory and ‘noise’, feedback loops, circularity, adaptive ecosystems, autopoiesis, and emergence. Dixon’s groundbreaking book demonstrates how fusing insights and knowledge from these two fields can throw new light on pressing issues within contemporary arts and culture, including authenticity, angst and alienation, homeostasis, radical politics, and the human as system.

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Julian Stallabrass
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2006-03-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0192806467

"Bloodied toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and Lego concentration camps. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great profundity and jaw-dropping triviality. But away from shock tactics in the gallery, there are many unanswered questions. What is contemporary about contemporary art? What effect do politics and big business have on art? And who really runs the art world?" "Previously published as Art Incorporated, this controversial and witty Very Short Introduction is an exploration of the global art scene that will change the way you see contemporary art."--BOOK JACKET.

Art and Place

Art and Place
Author: David Clarke
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9622094155

The book brings together a series of essays about art in Hong Kong written over the last ten years, with the intention of offering a personal chronicle of the Hong Kong art world during a time of great change. Many of the essays concern themselves with the work of local artists, but Western and Chinese artists whose works have been exhibited in Hong Kong during this period are also discussed. In addition to a consideration of particular artists and works of art, there are also essays which engage with debates that have been taking place in Hong Kong concerning curatorship and various arts policy issues. Fully illustrated and written in a straightforward style, Art and Place is one of the first serious attempts to evaluate the art of Hong Kong. It should be of use to anyone interested in the cultural life of one of Asia's leading cities.

The Boundary Rider

The Boundary Rider
Author: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century

Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century
Author: Ilka Becker
Publisher: Taschen
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9783822858547

Taschen's inventive layout is effective in presenting the provocative works, words, and biographies of the nearly 100 women artists gathered here. Grosenick, a freelance art historian in Germany, has selected women artists working in Germany, the US, South Africa, Japan, Poland, France, Scandinavia, and Spain, among other countries. The entry for each artist is six pages, with much of the space devoted to good- quality color photos of her work. c. Book News Inc.

Memory

Memory
Author: Marián Cao
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1040111432

Memory is compilation of scholarly chapters by authors of global reputation in the arts therapies. This international publication reflects the theme of the 16th International Conference of the European Consortium for Arts Therapies (ECArTE), held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Questions of memory go to the very heart of our making sense of the world. This book brings together wide-ranging chapters, which address the question of memory, designed to stimulate understanding and debate in contemporary arts therapy education, practice and research. Writers from Canada, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Lebanon, Lithuania, Spain, the UK and the US combine to create a topical publication, incorporating diverse and current thinking in art therapy, dance movement therapy, dramatherapy and music therapy. In this innovative compilation, authors offer different cultural perspectives on the conception of memory which informs epistemology across the field of arts therapy. This book will be of interest and relevance to those in the arts therapy community and to a broader readership, including students and professionals in the disciplines of psychology, sociology, psychotherapy, the arts, medicine, integrated health and education.

The House in the Woods

The House in the Woods
Author: Janice Galloway
Publisher: Cornerhouse Distribution Clients
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1998
Genre: Sculpture
ISBN:

Identity and alterity

Identity and alterity
Author: Manlio Brusatin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Catalogus van de 46e internationale tentoonstelling van moderne kunst in Venetïe.